Gene Watson Biography, Age, Net Worth, Wife and Songs List

Gene Watson Biography

Gary Gene Watson is an American country singer. He was born on October 11, 1943 in Palestine, Texas.

As a young adult, Gene settled in Houston, TX and began performing in the big Houston nightclubs while working as a paint and body man during the day. He developed a strong local following with his stage act and it was in Houston where he released his debut single on Sun Valley Records. That single, titled “If It Was That Easy” didn’t make any charts but as Gene states “it was just exciting to see my name on a record release and to believe that I was really in the business”.

In 1964, the Grand Ole Opry duo, The Wilburn Brothers, took Gene on the road briefly. It was The Wilburn Brothers who brought Gene to Nashville for the very first time and allowed him to sing on the stage of the Grand Ole Opry. Gene notes “I sang the Hank Williams song ‘I Can’t Help It if I’m Still in Love With You’ and got a standing ovation so not knowing what to follow with I just went out and did a gospel standard ‘It Is No Secret What God Can Do’. After that, they carried me down to the Ernest Tubb Record Shop and I got on stage and broadcast on The Midnight Jamboree.”

Then it was back to the Texas honky-tonks and a string of local singles throughout the ‘60s.

Gene Watson

In 1974, one of Gene Watson’s small-label singles caught the ear of Capitol Records. He was an auto-body repairman and the featured performer at Houston’s Dynasty nightclub when the label picked up the steamy, sexual waltz “Love in the Hot Afternoon” for national distribution. It became the first of Gene Watson’s two-dozen top-10 hits in early 1975.

Gene Watson quit drinking in 1980 and quit smoking not long after that. He underwent surgery and survived colon cancer in 2000-01. Through it all, he continued to record one critically applauded collection after another. He was inducted into the Texas Music Hall of Fame in 2002 and into the inaugural class of the Houston, Texas Music Hall of Fame in 2013.

Gene Watson Age

He was born on October 11, 1943.

Gene Watson Net Worth

He has an estimated net worth of $8 million.

Gene Watson Wife

He married Mattie Louise Bivins in January 1961 when he was 17 and she was 15 years old. They have an adult son and daughter.

Gene Watson Fourteen Carat Mind

Gene Watson Where Love Begins Lyrics

Come in, pretty lady, you’ve just made my night
I wasn’t too sure that you’d call
Sit down and I’ll fix you a drink if you like
It’s late but the morning’s still young

I’m glad you could make it, I hoped you’d get by
I thought about this all week through
What’s that, what’s the matter, what’s making you cry
You say it’s the first time for you

Leave if you’d rather not lose what you came for
Walk out the same door that I let you in
Leave if you’d rather not lose what you came with
Stay and you’ll find this is where love begins

It’s not like we’re strangers I’ve kissed your warm lips
But someone was always right there
But now we’re alone so there’s no buts or ifs
Come here, let me take down your hair

Leave if you’d rather not lose what you came for
Walk out the same door that I let you in
Leave if you’d rather not lose what you came with
Stay and you’ll find this is where love begins

Gene Watson Carmen Lyrics

Oh Carmen, I had too much tequila
Between you and this Mexican moon I’m gonna fall
El Paso lady, you’re driving me crazy
In a language I don’t understand, you said it all.

Dusty old Juarez on the old Rio Grande
It’s sure is handy when you need a friend
I don’t belong here, your dark eyes keep warning
I’ll leave in the morning but for now please let me in.

Oh Carmen, I had too much tequila
Between you and this Mexican moon I’m gonna fall
El Paso lady, you’re driving me crazy
In a language I don’t understand, you said it all.

Crossing over the border, stepping over the line
Drunk on yesterdays wine and still feeling the flame
The guitars keep playing a song that I’ve never heard
Without saying a word, you keep calling out my name.

Oh Carmen, I had too much tequila
Between you and this Mexican moon I’m gonna fall
El Paso lady, you’re driving me crazy
In a language I don’t understand, you said it all.